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EspañolColombia's new Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, Maria Lorena Gutiérrez, said that there will be power cuts in the country in two weeks time if energy savings don't reach between 5 percent and 10 percent of current… Read More...

EspañolColombia’s Ports and Transport Superintendency announced Monday, March 7 that it would impose a penalty of COP $451 million (US $ 142,337) on the firm Uber SAS Colombia for violating the rules of public transportation.
Pablo… Read More...

EspañolThe Colombian government's complex peace process with the FARC guerilla is reaching a critical point. In the following weeks, both parties will finalize the last details of a deal that may inaugurate an era of peace that is much… Read More...

EspañolBy Vanessa Araujo Vallejo
The current peace process in Colombia with the Farc guerrillas has polarized society. President Juan Manuel Santos has used an expensive media campaign to defend the peace talks taking place in… Read More...

Colombia's economic prospects are grim in 2016. A main factor is the drastic fall in oil revenues, which President Juan Manuel Santos's government squandered while oil prices were high.
This week, the president announced a supposed… Read More...

EspañolRecently, Colombian journalist Antonio Caballero, a caviar-Marxist grandee, wrote that President Juan Manuel Santos's government "has yielded practically nothing to the FARC guerrillas during the current peace negotiations in… Read More...

EspañolMost Colombians reacted joyfully to the news of Chavismo's landslide defeat in the December 6 parliamentary elections in Venezuela. The socialists, many conclude, have wrecked the neighboring country's economy. Any scrutiny of… Read More...

EspañolLast week, the Colombian government revealed the details of its new decree to regulate the "luxury taxi" industry. Evidently, various ministers and the president himself once again yielded to the pressure which the very powerful… Read More...

EspañolCongestion is the norm in Bogotá. If you drive a car during the day, odds are you will be late to your destination, unless you depart hours in advance.
The Bogotá mayorship is now trying to deal with the situation by proposing… Read More...

EspañolWhile taking part in the recent campaign for mayor of Bogotá as an independent candidate, I realized that new political movements are necessary, because they can defend ideas and measures which traditional party leaders can't… Read More...

Colombian Minister of Health Alejandro Gaviria announced on Thursday that the government will issue a decree to regulate the use of cannabis for medical and scientific purposes. Within this framework, the government will determine the exact… Read More...

EspañolThe Colombian guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intend to avoid extradition and to be given seats in Congress without being elected. The FARC made these demands to the Colombian government on Saturday,… Read More...